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CO1501:03

Introduction to Commercial Law

Townsville, Cairns

HECS Band 3

26 hours lectures, 12 hours tutorials. Semester 1 and 2 (Townsville campus); Semester 2 (Cairns campus);

Staff:

Mrs M Shircore (Cairns campus).

A general introduction to the Australian legal system, a more detailed introduction to the law of contract and an introduction to the torts of negligence and negligent misstatement.

Learning Objectives:

state the sources of Australian Law;

outline the court systems that operate in Australia;

describe the elements, the significant terms and the operation of contracts;

identify the principles of the law of torts as they apply in a commercial environment (with particular emphasis on the law of negligence and negligent misstatement).

Assessment by written court report (10%); one on-course test (20%); final examination (70%).